If you're curious about starting a resistance training routine and not sure where to begin, start with these ...

You might assume that you have to lift heavy weight to get stronger, but research shows that's not necessarily the case. You can make real strides using just your own body weight. NPR's Will Stone ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Calisthenics, or bodyweight training, is so much more than a last resort for when you're traveling, short on gear, or looking to ...

Matthew Lees is supported by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Postdoctoral Fellowship award (Funding Reference Number 187773). Tom Janssen does not work for, consult, own shares in or ...

Getting out of a chair shouldn't be a struggle. Yet for many older adults, simple everyday movements like this become increasingly difficult as our muscles break down and weaken with age, a process ...

Around the beginning of every year I think about my exercise goals, as many of us do, and usually the question comes down to this: will I spend more time on cardiovascular exercise or strength ...

Walk into almost any commercial gym and you’ll see the same set-up—rows of machines designed to isolate individual muscles, each promising a “better” way to build strength. For many people over 40, ...